Patents by Inventor Kelly Erin Johnson

Kelly Erin Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11967231
    Abstract: A cockpit for a micromobility transit vehicle may include a camera and a cockpit housing. The cockpit housing may be configured to couple to a handlebar of the micromobility transit vehicle. The cockpit housing may include a first portion and a second portion where the second portion extends from the first portion. The first portion of the cockpit housing may include a surface configured to wrap at least partially around the handlebar. The second portion of the cockpit housing may be configured to secure the camera disposed therein such that the camera is oriented to have a field of view in front of the micromobility transit vehicle. The camera may be disposed in the second portion and configured to capture a scene in the field of view in front of the micromobility transit vehicle. Related systems and methods are additionally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Paul Merrill, Jens Paul Windau, Edgar-Alison Vasquez Japitana, Garrett Korda Drayna
  • Publication number: 20230373331
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a mount component that is mountable to a structural component of a personal mobility vehicle and a dock interface component that is adapted to securely interface with a dock via an interaction between the dock interface component and the dock. The mount component is mountable to any of at least one type of bicycle at a first position and at least one type of scooter at a second position. A docking point of the dock is configured to be interfaceable with any of the at least one type of bike at the first position and the at least one type of scooter at the second position. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yannik Harpin, Alexander Timothy Dixon, Marie-Pierre Gendron, Carl Germain, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Kelly Erin Johnson, Carlos Henrique Petzl Lorenz, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski, Timothy Rex Martin, Christopher Paul Merrill, Cyril Francis Meyer, Jacqueline Tandler, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson
  • Patent number: 11766186
    Abstract: A wearable device has a housing containing electronics and a band that retains the wearable device on a user's arm. Each end of the housing has a receptacle with a ridge around the opening of the receptacle. A band comprises a strip of flexible material. A pair of protrusions with enlarged ends made from an elastomeric material extend from an inner surface of the band. A portion of the inner surface of the band between the protrusions is in contact with at least a portion of an upper surface of the housing. The band is joined to the housing by aligning each protrusion with a corresponding receptacle and applying pressure. As a result of the applied pressure part of the protrusion temporarily deforms, enters the receptacle, and resumes substantially the previous shape thus holding the protrusion within the receptacle and the band to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Manish Avinash Mantrawadi, Benjamin Douglas Garcia, Maya Shirish Sathaye, Kelly Erin Johnson, Simon Quay
  • Patent number: 11752890
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a collar for charging a personal mobility vehicle via a dock. In some embodiments, the collar may be fitted with a charging connector that interfaces with a dock that charges the personal mobility vehicle when the personal mobility vehicle is docked. In one embodiment, the collar and a corresponding receiving element in the dock may be shaped such that the collar fits securely in the receiving element without requiring mechanical action by the collar or receiving element and only requiring a user to push the personal mobility vehicle straight into the dock. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Yannik Harpin, Alexander Timothy Dixon, Marie-Pierre Gendron, Carl Germain, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Kelly Erin Johnson, Carlos Henrique Petzl Lorenz, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski, Timothy Rex Martin, Christopher Paul Merrill, Cyril Francis Meyer, III, Jacqueline Tandler, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson
  • Patent number: 11297417
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Mann Chamberlin, Duane Everard Whyte, Aashish Nataraja, Alexandra Hall Hoster
  • Publication number: 20210219047
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Mann Chamberlin, Duane Everard Whyte, Aashish Nataraja, Alexandra Hall Hoster
  • Publication number: 20210197914
    Abstract: A cockpit assembly for a micro-mobility fleet vehicle may include at least two visible and at least partially opposed faces linked by a fold aligned along an axis of a handlebar assembly, such as a first face, a second face, and an intermediate portion connecting the first face to the second face. The first face may include a headlight assembly. The second face may include a display of a user interface that is arranged to face a rider of the fleet vehicle. The display may be disposed adjacent to and/or beneath a mobile device holder. The first face, the second face, and the intermediate portion may wrap at least partially around the handlebar assembly to position the first face towards a front of the fleet vehicle and the second face towards a rear, a rider, and/or a seat of the fleet vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Rex Luedtke, Kelly Erin Johnson, Alejandro Salvador Garcia, Sanket Parshuram Phalgaonkar, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, Jeffrey Allen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20210192229
    Abstract: A cockpit for a micromobility transit vehicle may include a camera and a cockpit housing. The cockpit housing may be configured to couple to a handlebar of the micromobility transit vehicle. The cockpit housing may include a first portion and a second portion where the second portion extends from the first portion. The first portion of the cockpit housing may include a surface configured to wrap at least partially around the handlebar. The second portion of the cockpit housing may be configured to secure the camera disposed therein such that the camera is oriented to have a field of view in front of the micromobility transit vehicle. The camera may be disposed in the second portion and configured to capture a scene in the field of view in front of the micromobility transit vehicle. Related systems and methods are additionally disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Paul Merrill, Jens Paul Windau, Edgar-Alison Vasquez Japitana, Garrett Korda Drayna
  • Publication number: 20200406772
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a collar for charging a personal mobility vehicle via a dock. In some embodiments, the collar may be fitted with a charging connector that interfaces with a dock that charges the personal mobility vehicle when the personal mobility vehicle is docked. In one embodiment, the collar and a corresponding receiving element in the dock may be shaped such that the collar fits securely in the receiving element without requiring mechanical action by the collar or receiving element and only requiring a user to push the personal mobility vehicle straight into the dock. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yannik Harpin, Alexander Timothy Dixon, Marie-Pierre Gendron, Carl Germain, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Kelly Erin Johnson, Carlos Henrique Petzl Lorenz, Nicholaus Ian Lubinski, Timothy Rex Martin, Christopher Paul Merrill, Cyril Francis Meyer, III, Jacqueline Tandler, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson
  • Patent number: 10800475
    Abstract: A cockpit assembly for a micro-mobility fleet vehicle may include at least two visible and at least partially opposed faces linked by a fold aligned along an axis of a handlebar assembly, such as a first face, a second face, and an intermediate portion connecting the first face to the second face. The first face may include a headlight assembly. The second face may include a display of a user interface that is arranged to face a rider of the fleet vehicle. The display may be disposed adjacent to and/or beneath a mobile device holder. The first face, the second face, and the intermediate portion may wrap at least partially around the handlebar assembly to position the first face towards a front of the fleet vehicle and the second face towards a rear, a rider, and/or a seat of the fleet vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rex Luedtke, Kelly Erin Johnson, Alejandro Salvador Garcia, Sanket Parshuram Phalgaonkar, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, Jeffrey Allen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20200289001
    Abstract: A wearable device has a housing containing electronics and a band that retains the wearable device on a user's arm. Each end of the housing has a receptacle with a ridge around the opening of the receptacle. A band comprises a strip of flexible material. A pair of protrusions with enlarged ends made from an elastomeric material extend from an inner surface of the band. A portion of the inner surface of the band between the protrusions is in contact with at least a portion of an upper surface of the housing. The band is joined to the housing by aligning each protrusion with a corresponding receptacle and applying pressure. As a result of the applied pressure part of the protrusion temporarily deforms, enters the receptacle, and resumes substantially the previous shape thus holding the protrusion within the receptacle and the band to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: MANISH AVINASH MANTRAWADI, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS GARCIA, MAYA SHIRISH SATHAYE, KELLY ERIN JOHNSON, SIMON QUAY
  • Patent number: 10631084
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Mann Chamberlin, Duane Everard Whyte, Aashish Nataraja, Alexandra Hall Hoster
  • Patent number: 10375471
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Mann Chamberlin, Aashish Nataraja, Duane Everard Whyte, Alexandra Hall Hoster
  • Publication number: 20190069078
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing and a sleeve that engages and at least partially encloses the housing. The housing may include a top portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface and a bottom portion having a loudspeaker and an exterior surface. An audio diffuser may be positioned between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing so as to radially disperse sound from the loudspeakers. A light ring on the housing may indicate a functional state of the apparatus. Protrusions on the housing may interact with indentations on the sleeve to position and align the housing within the sleeve. The sleeve may include holes to allow sound to be outputted from the loudspeakers. Magnets and alignment elements may further situate and secure the housing to the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kelly Erin Johnson, Christopher Mann Chamberlin, Aashish Nataraja, Duane Everard Whyte, Alexandra Hall Hoster
  • Patent number: 10019029
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic device includes a single rear housing assembly coupled to the cover glass of a display assembly. The rear housing assembly includes a metal rear chassis with two layers of injection molded material formed on at least the chassis side regions. The first injection molded layer includes a high reinforcing agent content percentage to provide increased stiffness, and the second injection molded layer includes a low reinforcing agent content percentage, which provides less structural support than the first injection molded layer, but an improved aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Xingyi Yu, Brandon Michael Potens, Kelly Erin Johnson, Mark Novak, Ge PengJin, Robert Cong Liang, Angel Wilfredo Martinez, Srivatsan Subbarayan, Mandar Nilkanth Kulkarni, Marc Anthony Zampino, Felipe Alonso Varela, Michael Christopher Kouxommone
  • Patent number: 9641920
    Abstract: Embodiments of the subject technology provides novel approaches to providing structural components for mobile computing devices to meet structural and physical form factor requirements for such devices. More specifically, the subject technology describes examples of novel mid-frame structural components, opposing snap features, camera support housing with an integrated lens, and a flexible printed circuit design with a self aligning dome FPC to button configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Jones, II, Kelly Erin Johnson, Bhargav Prasad Rajaraman, Andrea Cloutier, Angel Wilfredo Martinez
  • Patent number: 9218020
    Abstract: A computing device is assembled to withstand drops, to be re-workable, and to reduce unaesthetic variances between the components. A computing device has a display module that is removably hinged on the bottom, held in place by snap fits on the top before being screwed in place, and held in place by replaceable snap fits on the sides. A battery module and a battery connector can be secured in place with stretch removable tape. A peripheral port component may be biased towards an interior of the housing opening when installed. A laser direct structuring antenna module located in a recess of a plastic molding can be grounded to a metal alloy housing. A plastic molding can be mechanically interlocked to a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Angel Wilfredo Martinez, Michael Xingyi Yu, Joshua Paul Davies, Brandon Michael Potens, Andrew McIntyre, Joshua Danel Lemons, Kelly Erin Johnson
  • Patent number: 9088112
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a device is provided. The printed circuit board may include an electronic receptacle. Additionally, the printed circuit board may include a housing element housing a portion of the electronic receptacle. As such, the housing element may include a top portion, a bottom portion, and at least one side portion. To this end, the top portion of the housing element may extend above a bottom surface of the printed circuit board, and the bottom portion of the housing element may extend below the bottom surface of the printed circuit board. Moreover, the printed circuit board may include at least one spring connector coupled to the electronic receptacle and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Paul Davies, Brandon Michael Potens, Andrew McIntyre, Angel Wilfredo Martinez, Kelly Erin Johnson